After studying at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (recorder with Frans Brüggen and cello with Anner Bijlsma), from which he graduated with honors, he founded the ensemble Quadro Hotteterre.
Since 1989 he has collaborated with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, for which in 1994 he produced The Vespers (Psalmi a 4 Cori / Psalms for four choirs, 1612) by Ludovico da Viadana.
In 1996, Kees Boeke began work as musical director for the ensemble Cantica Symphonia with whom he made recordings of motets by Costanzo Festa and masses of Guillaume Dufay.
In addition, Kees Boeke is active as a composer (Donemus, Amsterdam, Sheetmusicnow.com) and editor of early and contemporary music (Zen-On, Tokyo, Schott, London) Since 2001 he has worked closely with Professor Laurenz Lütteken (University of Zurich) in projects and seminars in the field of medieval, renaissance and baroque music.
The Tetraktys programs include, among other things, the Tuscan Trecento, Chansons by Dufay and contemporaries, the Squarcialupi Codex, the complete recording of the Chantilly Codex, works by Ciconia, sacred and secular works by Matteo da Perugia, the song book of Johannes Heer etc.